My daughter asked me the dreaded question today. The "mummy, how did I get out of your tummy" question. You know the question you never want to be asked by a 4 year old and like the good honest mum I said "the Doctor got you out". Then came "how did the Dr get me out" and what did I tell her "do you want a cookie?"
Lets just say I've diverted for now, I don't want to lie but I don't want to give her all the gory details either so if anyone has any ideas let me know.
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Too funny - I offer my kids cookies as a diversion far more often than I'd like to admit.
I don't blame you for changing the subject! My advice (if it comes up again) is to be honest, but give ONLY as much information as you need to satisfy her curiosity. And if she asks more questions, it probably means she's ready for more information - even though you might not be! So keep cookies on hand, Mummy!
That's the exact line I would use!
start handing out benadryl ;)
I'll just divert the question towards mom.... and as she said above she will divert them with cookies.
I just said (to my four year old as well) "it comes out of the hole it goes in through" (we'd had that conversation the week before). He was fine.
I would be diverting with a cookie too! My younger kids will stare at my tummy as if they can make a baby start growing spontaneously. I have to figure out how to handle that question too!
do you want to borrow our 'Dumbo' movie? The whole delivery of baby Dumbo via the stork is perfect ;-))
BTW, for years you believed that we found you under the gooseberry bushes!!
What about telling her the truth? I think these things are easier to tell a 4 year old than when they get older.
Yes, I would like a cookie! thanks.
(I'd tell her "you were never in my tummy, silly! You were in my uterus!")
Good idea to divert...one question always lead to another and another and another....nice blog.
First time on your blog! I have 4 children (now 22, 19, 17 and 14) and also try to divert their attention when they were growing up and asked "difficult questions". Earlier this year I attend a meeting - a wonderful Christian motivational speaker (Gretha Widd), talks about how to answer that type of questions.
She said DON'T avoid the question - they must always get the correct answer from their parents, so that they can always know to trust them.
For example, you can talk about the "baby house" in your tummy, which God create specially for the new baby. And then you tell in one sentence that their is a path(tube) for the baby to get out, before you tell him/her (in detail)about how VERY glad etc. you were when he/she was born. Focus on how wonderful your child is, so that it is a very special and positive attitude that you create for your child.
She had also written a book about how to answer their questions, and how much info to give at what age. (Think the book is only available in my home language, Afrikaans - can find out if you want to.) Wish I all knew it 20 years ago!
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